In the late 1990s, the first batch of personal webmasters were born in China.
Some of these people are unknown, some were once brilliant and quickly disappeared, and some are still strong today. The products they make are mostly related to their own interests, which is relatively monotonous, but they are better than single-mindedness.
Among them is a website called "Mobile Home", whose boss is the personal webmaster. Last year, a Hong Kong company acquired 51% of the shares for US$1.8 million.
The website includes information, quotations, ringtones, second-hand mobile phones, accessories, etc. It has millions of users and is very active. The commercial value is not high, but in the field of mobile phones, it is one of the best in China.
Night, the office of Mobile Home.
Editor Sun Bin was immersed in writing a manuscript and kept cursing in his heart.
Before the iPhone was released, the country was very cold, so he routinely published a small article to give a brief introduction. Who knew that in a short period of time, the iPhone would suddenly become popular, and many people were discussing it, saying that it must be a "mobile phone revolution" and "great
Innovation" and "changing the industrial structure".
It seems that the iPhone is out of date without knowing it.
He had to work on the manuscript all night long to introduce this damn iPhone. He said he was rushing the manuscript, but in fact he just copied it from everywhere. The Maiwo community had the most news, so he copied a little bit here and a little bit there, and put it together into a complete article.
In the process of excerpting, Sun Bin passively accepted all kinds of information, and actually felt that the iPhone was awesome.
His previous knowledge of Apple was the iPod. A friend bought one and lent it to himself to play for a few days. The performance, appearance, and experience were all top-notch. At that time, it was compared to domestic MP3 players.
"Oh, America's technology is awesome!"
"This phone is so beautiful. It doesn't have a keyboard. What did you think of it? It's a genius!"
"It's said to be released in June. 5,000 yuan is too expensive. It's two months' salary."
With this in mind, Sun Bin finished the manuscript and uploaded it to the website. Then he browsed the forum on Mobile Home to see if there was anything new.
After flipping through the pages, a new post suddenly appeared.
"Let me show you the Meizu, a domestically produced product with the best design in the industry, the appearance of its mobile phone has been leaked!"
Sun Bin clicked it and took a look. There were four cell phone pictures inside, including the front, back and side.
All you can see is a huge touch screen with a home button underneath. The body is clearly divided into black and white. There is a cable socket at the bottom, a volume adjustment button on the side, and the camera is located on the back of the phone.
There is also a MEIZU logo on the back.
Um???
Sun Bin was puzzled. This cannot be said to be completely similar to the iPhone, it can only be said to be exactly the same.
The post also said:
“When Apple released the first-generation iPhone, Meizu, yes, the brand with countless self-proclaimed ‘Kerosene’ fans, also coincidentally created the appearance of the phone and is urgently applying for a patent.
These pictures are the applied patent design drawings!”
Someone quickly replied below:
“It’s fake, Meizu doesn’t have any official news!”
"This is copying Apple, don't be embarrassed!"
"Meizu is no longer doing well. The miniplayer is a high imitation of the iPod, and a group of fans are still very proud of it, claiming to be a domestically produced product with a conscience."
"That is, if it can be sold for 1.2 billion, it can only mean that domestic people are stupid and have too much money."
"This is too shabby. Isn't Meizu afraid of Apple suing?"
"It depends on the patent date. If Meizu registers it first, Apple will not be able to sue in mainland China, and may not even be able to sell it in mainland China."
"Damn it, don't do it, I'm waiting to buy an iPhone!"
Naturally, there were Meizu fans in Mobile Home, who came to fight back and made a fuss. But Sun Bin was very excited. This was much more interesting than introducing the iPhone!
He was inspired like a diabetic, wrote like a god, and finished typing out a magnificent article and passed it on.
“Plagiarism OR revolution, Meizu and Apple’s ice and fire!”
Not long after I posted it, my boss called me and said, "Sun Bin, this is a well-written manuscript...Don't be modest, Apple and Meizu are both popular brands, and it's rare to get them together.
Both companies are entering the mobile phone market, but one of them is innovative and the other is suspected of plagiarism. This is very interesting and I want to continue to follow it!"
"Okay, okay, I understand!"
…………
"A repeat offender of plagiarism or the light of domestic production? Reveal the story of Meizu's bloody family history!"
“The iPhone hasn’t been released yet, but the Meizu imitation has already appeared first!”
"The promises made before seem to be nothing more than grandstanding now!"
“Meizu was caught in a plagiarism scandal and reporters were refused interviews!”
"Bai Yongxiang is not in Zhuhai and is suspected of avoiding the storm!"
The news is getting more and more intense, but Meizu has never come forward to respond, which in everyone's eyes is a sign of guilty conscience. The people who are most excited are not competing products such as Patriot and Newman, but the pitifully few Apple fans.
They had previously questioned that miniplayer copied the iPod, but now they finally have a "real hammer".
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Google China Engineering Research Institute.
Two people were discussing this matter, one was Vice President Lin Bin and the other was Senior Product Manager Hong Feng.
The former is responsible for the research and development of Google Mobile and the localization of Android systems, and the latter is responsible for Google Music, Chinese input method, video, etc. But Hong Feng’s most awesome thing is to use 20% of his spare time to create Google 3D Street View with a few people.
prototype.
They are all technical masters, and they are also talents that Yao Yuan has visited before.
"Although Mr. Yao is young, he is mature in his words and deeds, and he has created a career. I don't think things are that simple."
"You said the news is false?"
"Not necessarily, it's a bit strange anyway, because if it's plagiarism, it would be too obvious, and Meizu wouldn't do that."
"I think so. It seems like someone is deliberately telling the truth."
The two chatted for a while, but the topic turned elsewhere. Hong Feng asked: "When the iPhone shocked the world, how did the headquarters react?"
"There's a quarrel!"
Lin Bin seemed to have a headache and said: "I heard that some senior executives want to bring Android back and redo it, but other people don't agree. In my opinion, it will have to be redone in the end. I watched Apple's press conference, and their iOS system is indeed
Smoother than us."
Android, originally means "robot".
In 2003, Andy Rubin founded the Android company, which was acquired by Google in 2005. He has been responsible for developing the operating system. It was only called internally at first, and later officially named "Android System".
The two of them were just chatting, and neither of them paid much attention to Meizu.
At this moment, Lin Bin's phone rang. He picked it up and looked at it with a strange expression: "It's Mr. Yao..."
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Except for Lin Bin and Hong Feng, everyone Yao Yuan visited had paid attention to the news. Some didn't take it seriously, and some despised it. How could you, a person like you who plagiarizes and doesn't even understand it, have the nerve to let me change jobs?!
Lei Jun was a kindhearted elder and expressed concern to Yao Yuan.
Instead, Yao Yuan invited him and said with a smile: "There will be a press conference for Meizu's new products at the end of the month. Come and take a look if you have time."
"Now that the turmoil is so big, you'd better come out and explain, otherwise it will damage the brand image."
"It will be explained at the press conference, so you can't miss it... By the way, I also invited Lin Bin and the others to watch it together and give us some pointers."
Lei Jun had not yet become a master of monkey tricks, so he didn't know what medicine he was selling in his gourd, so he had to agree to go and participate.
Chapter completed!